FRUIT CIRCULAR, 



Department of State, 



W((shington, Sepiemher 28, 1889. 

 To the Consular Officers of the United States : 



Gentlemen: At the request of the California State Board of Horti- 

 culture, acting through Mr. B. M. Leloug, its secretary, the inclosed 

 series of questions relative to the cultivation of oranges, lemons, figs, 

 and olives is sent to you for reports. You are requested to give such 

 information in response thereto as you can acquire without expense to 

 the Government or to yourselves. But should you find it impracticable 

 to make a satisfactory report without outside aid, you will submit to the 

 Department an estimate of the anticipated cost before you obligate 

 yourself for any specific sum. 



I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, 



Alvey a. Adee, 



Acting Secretary, 



QUESTIONS ABOUT ORANGES AN1> LEMONS. 



(1) Name of best variety for profit. 



(2) Names of other choice varieties worthy of culture and for profit. 



(3) Location — where are the trees grown that produce the varieties named above 5 

 (a) Distance from sea. 



(6) Elevation above sea-level. 



(c) Exposure to sun. 



(d) Hilly, rolling;, or level laud, and which is best? 



(e) Soil formation and character, also subsoil, etc. 



(4) Climatic influences. 



(a) Temperature— minimum, maximum, aud average. 



(6) Nights cold or warm, sultry days, moisl., ordinary atmosphere. 



(c) Kain-fall, In inches, for year. 



(d) When rain falls, as to growth of trees and Iruit ? 



(5) Irrigation — when and how ? 



(a) At what stage of growth of fruit? 



(J) How much at a time, and how often, and other particulars ? 



(6) Cultivation — when and how ? 



(7) Fertilizers— what, when, aud how applied ? 



(8) Pruning — what stage of growth ; high from ground or low, and particulars ? 



(9) Picking. 



(«) When picked, 

 (i) Stag!-, of ripeness. 



(c) How cured. 



(d) Packing and shipping. 



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